diff --git a/sbin/geom/class/label/glabel.8 b/sbin/geom/class/label/glabel.8
index c1c7bc40d8d0..282f85ca0de6 100644
--- a/sbin/geom/class/label/glabel.8
+++ b/sbin/geom/class/label/glabel.8
@@ -130,8 +130,26 @@ GPT UUIDs (directory
 .Pa /dev/gptid/ ) .
 .El
 .Pp
-Generic labels are created in the directory
-.Pa /dev/label/ .
+Generic disk ID strings are exported as labels in the format
+.Pa /dev/diskid/GEOM_CLASS-ident
+e.g.
+.Pa /dev/diskid/DISK-6QG3Z026  .
+.Pp
+Generic labels created and managed solely by
+.Xr glabel 8
+are created in the
+.Pa /dev/label/
+directory.
+.Pp
+Note that for all label types, nested GEOM classes will cause additional
+device nodes to be created, with context-specific data appended to their
+names. E.g. for every node like
+.Pa /dev/label/bigdisk
+there will be additional entries for any partitions which the device
+contains, like
+.Pa /dev/label/bigdiskp1
+and
+.Pa /dev/label/bigdiskp1a .
 .Pp
 The first argument to
 .Nm